[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 216 (Thursday, November 8, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63238-63239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21934]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

United States Mint


Notification of American Eagle Platinum Coin Price Increases

SUMMARY: The rise in the price of platinum per ounce requires that the 
United States Mint raise the prices on its 2007 American Eagle Platinum 
Proof and Uncirculated Coins.
    Pursuant to the authority that 31 U.S.C. 5112(k) grants the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue platinum coins, the United 
States Mint mints and issues American Eagle Platinum Proof and 
Uncirculated Coins in four denominations--one ounce, one-half ounce, 
one-quarter ounce, one-tenth ounce, and a four-coin set which contains 
one coin of each denomination. The United States Mint is changing the 
price of these coins to reflect the increase in value of the underlying 
precious metal content of the coins--the result of recent increases in 
the market

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price of platinum. The price of platinum has increased substantially 
since the initial prices were set for the 2007 American Eagle Platinum 
Proof and Uncirculated Coins
    Accordingly, effective November 5, 2007, the United States Mint 
will commence selling the following 2007 American Eagle Platinum Proof 
and Uncirculated Coins at the prices indicated below:

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                        Description                             Price
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American Eagle Platinum Proof Coins:
  One ounce coin...........................................    $1,740.95
  One-half ounce platinum coin.............................       880.95
  One-quarter ounce platinum coin..........................       475.95
  One-tenth ounce platinum coin............................       244.95
  Four-coin platinum set...................................     3,207.95
American Eagle Platinum Uncirculated Coins:
  One-ounce platinum coin..................................     1,630.95
  One-half ounce platinum coin.............................       830.95
  One-quarter ounce platinum coin..........................       435.95
  One-tenth ounce platinum coin............................       204.95
  Four-coin platinum set...................................     2,976.95
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gloria C. Eskridge, Associate Director 
for Sales and Marketing, United States Mint, 801 Ninth Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20220; or call 202-354-7500.

    Authority: 31 U.S.C. 5112 & 9701.

    Dated: November 1, 2007.
Edmund C. Moy,
Director, United States Mint.
 [FR Doc. E7-21934 Filed 11-7-07; 8:45 am]
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